Depositing machine



Filed July 18. 1922 4 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR.

BY fize'ifzezf I ATTORNEY,

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INVEIV TOR. 1 24m ATTORNEY GUILIO S. GUADAG-hll', OF PBQVXIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

DEPOSITING:

Application filed July 18,

To all whom it may GOILGC'T'GZ.

B known that I, GUILIo S. GUADAGNI, suject of the King of Italy, residing at rovidence, in the county of Providence and .Jtate o't' llhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Depositing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to machines for depositing cordials in confections.

lhe essential objects of my invention are to successfully deliver a thin liquid, such as a cordial, to the molds; to effectively control the delivery at all times; to deliver without breaking the mold; to maintain the liquid supply at a proper degree of term perature; to prevent graining of the cordial; and to enable substitution of parts.

To the above ends primarily, but not exclusively, my invention consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawings whichtorm a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying my invention,

Figures 2 and 3, partial front and rear end views respectively of the same,

Figure 4, a fragmentary side elevation of the machine adjacent the tank,

Figure 5, a section on line 55 of Figure 1,

Figures 6 and 7, sections of the tank on line 6-6 of Figure 3, showing the parts in diiferent positions,

Figure 8, a plan of the trough plate, and

Figure 9, a section of the same on line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

The framework of my machine may be of any construction best suited to carry the operating parts. lln the form thereof herein shown it comprises four uprights l5, cross pieces 16 and braces 17. Fastened to the tops of each pair 01. uprights, extending longitudinally of the frame, by bolts 19 or otherwise are rails 20, constituting a track. Fast to the uprights below the rails. is a table 21 consisting of end angle bars 22 and side angle bars 23 adapted to support nd guide a tray 25 for containing the con- 'ection mould to be filled. 24 is a guide strip fast to one of the bars 23.

A flaring or downwardly tapering metal HEAGEINE.

1922. Serial No. 575,895.

tank 26 has hollow side walls 28 and hollow end. walls 30. 'The double walls 28 and 80 are integral and therefore continuous so as to form a chamber or jacket 32 for water entirely around the tank. The top of each wall 80 is provided with a hole 34 for the admission of water. The walls 28 and are at their lower ends compressed and outturned to form a peripheral flange 36. The floor of the tank consists of a metallic de tachable strip 38 provided with marginal holes 40 adapted to receive screws ll which pass through holes 42 in the flange 36. The strip or floor is thusreadily detachable. At regular intervals longitudinally of the strip rare depending spouts 47.

Fast to the outer face of the upper por tions of each end wall 30 of the tank is a pair of brackets l8 carrying pintlcs upon which are mounted rolls 52 provided with peripheral grooves 58 in which register the rails 20. The tank is manually caused. to slide or travel on the rails by means of a pair of horizontal handles 55 fastened to one of the walls 28 and projecting late-rally from the top thereof. fastened by hooks or straps 57 to the opposite side wall 28 of the tank is gas pipe or jet 58 provided with a longitudinal series of perforations 59 and having in this instance a reduced projecting end portion 60 fast to which is a flexible tube 62 communicating with any convenient source of heat supply, and supported intermediate its length by a guide roll 84 mounted on a pintle 65 in a sheave or bracket 67 fast to one of the rails 20.

Attached. to the bottom of the tank an oblong discharge plate 69, having in its upper face a. series of recesses or troughs 71 extending transversely from an intermediate portion of the plate to one side thereof. and spaced. from each other in such a manner as to severally correspond with the spouts 47. Compressible disks T3. preterably of rubber, are seated in the troughs immediately in alignment with the spoiits. At each side oi" its center the plate 69 is cut a vay. as at 75, but this is not essential. The resultant laterally extending portions 76 constitute the rear margin of the plate. 69 whose lateral edges are in substantial alignment with the corresponding edges of the plate or floor 38. There are curved pins or hooks 7 9 upon intermediate portions of the ends of the member 69 to whi h illmits the introduction ofwater and this is maintained at any required temperature during the depositing operation in order to prevent graining of the cordial or depositingliquid. The mold with its'parallel transverse rows 01" cavities for forming the candies is contained in the tray and. the latter is pushed longitudinally of the table in contact with the guide strip 24. to a suitable position. The horizontal handles of the tank are next seized and the tank is pushed to a position in vertical alignment with the rearmost row of cavities. The handle attached to the discharge plate 69 is now manually depressed and this moven'ient opens the spouts and the liquid passes through the troughs 71 into the several cavities of the mold below. When this row'has been filled the handle is released and the sev eral springs return the plate 69 to closed position to out off the-flow. The tank is next moved to a point above the next adjacent row of cavities and the described operations are repeated. The disks 78 insure an unleakableclosure of the spouts.

It will be noted that the discharge of the liquid by the troughs is atan incline to the mold and therefore breakage of the mold is prevented, particularly when the mold is of starch.

I claim 1. In a machine of the character described, a track, asupply tank slidably' mounted on the track, a tiltable plate supported bythe tank provided with a. series of troughs, a series of spouts carried by the tank registering in the troughs, and means for moving the plate.

2. In a machine of the character described, a track, a supply tank, depending spouts in the bottom of the tank, and a plate pivotally supported by the tank provided with troughs in which the spouts register.

In a machine of the character described, a track, a supply tank mounted on the track comprising walls and a floor dctachably engaged by the walls, spouts in the floor, a plate bodily tiltably supported by the trough provided with transversely disposed troughs open at one end, and disks in the, troughs engageable by the spouts.

4-. In a machine of the character described, a supply tank having a multiplicity of di charge spouts, a plate common to all of the spouts and bodily movably mounted, and a multiplicity of troughs movable with said plate and open atone end, said troughs serving as cut-off means for said spouts when in one position 5. In a machine of the'character described, a supply tank having a multiplicity of dis charge spouts, a plate common to all of the spouts and bodily movably mounted, a multiplicity of troughs movable withsaid plate and open at one end, said troughs serving as cut-off means for said spouts when in one position, and means to move said plate to in cline the troughs for the discharge of the liquid from said tank.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

GUILIO S. GUADAGNI. 

